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Case against TV channel for running incorrect news on Kashmir
Ref: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_case-against-tv-channel-for-running-incorrect-news-on-kashmir_1407824
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir Police today registered a case against a private television channel for allegedly instigating violence in a district in South kashmir by running incorrect news about the death of a person in police firing.

An FIR was filed in main Pulwama police station against NewsX and its correspondents for running a wrong news about the death of a youth in police firing despite repeated assertions that no such incident had taken place.

The news led to angry protests in the district leaing to the imposition of curfew in the area again this morning besides leaving some security personnel injured in stone pelting.
District officials had to go around town announcing that no one was killed.

The TV channel later aired an apology for running the news.